Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte was possibly Frances greatest military mind ever. He was promoted through the ranks by hard

work, dedication and his ability to think quickly. He eventually worked his way up to become the Emperor of

Napoleon was born on August 15, in the year of 1769. He was born at Ajaccio, Corsica. This was a small island off

the coast of North Africa. Napoleon’s parents Letizia and Carlo Bonaparte reserved Napoleon a spot at a French

military school, and when Napoleon became old enough his parents sent him away to the school which was in

Brienne France. Napoleon was not well excepted by the other students at the school. They felt he was a foreigner

and Napoleon became a loner devoting all of his time to his studies. After Napoleon’s graduation he continued his

military schooling by going on to attend the Cole Military Academy in Paris. Napoleon spent one year there before

he was assigned to an infantry unit as a second lieutenant. His unit did not see much action in its fist few years, but

Napoleon still managed to show his leadership qualities.

In 1789 the French Revolution began. Napoleon look forward to the revolution, and supported it. In 1793 at the

siege of Toulon, loyalist leaders and Bri

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He took 500,000 soldiers and chased the Russians all throughout their country. Also whenever Napoleon took over a rich lands he used those lands to feed and pay his army, and then the

rest would be sent back to France. England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria allied

together once again to fight France.

Napoleons next duty was to carry out a series of operations in Italy that would ideally divide and conquer the

Sardinian and Austrian armies in Italy. When Napoleon finally

caught up to the Russian army in Moscow his army had been reduced to 20,000 freezing, starving desperate men. Upon his arrival Napoleon realized that

the crowd had turned into an ugly mob. Napoleon had

dreams of being the next Alexander the great. In 1803 France and England began to fight again. In 1799 he engaged his men in a battle with Turkish troops at

Aoukir. As Napoleon’s reward he was given a promotion to general and his own infantry unit. Also he developed the Napolionic Code. Napoleon continued to forge his way through the country.

When Napoleon returned to France he received a heroes welcome.

Napoleon thought that if he conquered Egypt he could attack the English by surprise and cut off their trading routes.

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